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Job 11:2

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

KJV

Numquid qui multa loquitur, non et audiet ? aut vir verbosus justificabitur ?

Vulgate

Ὁ τὰ πολλὰ λέγων καὶ ἀντακούσεται· ἢ καὶ ὁ εὔλαλος οἴεται εἶναι δίκαιος;

LXX

Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?

ASV

הֲ/רֹ֣ב דְּ֭בָרִים לֹ֣א יֵעָנֶ֑ה וְ/אִם אִ֖ישׁ שְׂפָתַ֣יִם יִצְדָּֽק

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
הַצְדִּ֣יק
htsdyq
verb · 41×
י
y
noun · 177×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
רֹ֣ב
rb
noun · 149×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 5:3 — For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
  • Jas 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  • Job 18:2 — How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
  • Job 24:25 — And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
  • Prov 10:19 — In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.